Parachute packing

Airmen who work in the 5th Operations Support Squadron's Aircrew Flight Equipment section here have the incredibly detail-oriented task of piecing together parachutes that are used in air craft missions at Minot Air Force Base. These individual parachutes are packed into backpacks and issued to crew

Congratulations to ALS Class 14-A award winners

Volunteering for a cause

5th Bomb Wing delivers excellence

Minot Air Force Base's 5th Bomb Wing demonstrated excellence during a Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection, according to Air Force Global Strike Commander Inspector General, Col. Douglas Cox, who provided the results during an out brief at the base theater, Nov. 6.NORIs are extremely detailed

Into the wild

While the Minot-based, seven-man crew B-52H Stratofortress, HAIL13, and their Barksdale wingman, HAIL14, were flying over Alaska, they received a call for help from the Anchorage Air Traffic Control Center. The whereabouts of a small Cessna plane had become unknown after its pilot became disoriented